Quality and effectiveness of interministerial consultation practices in selected cases

Written interministerial consultation for draft laws respects the minimum duration requirements

A sample of five draft laws and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft laws prepared during the last full calendar year (draft laws approving the budget or ratifying international agreements will be excluded). They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less laws being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. The draft laws which are likely to have the most significant (substantive) regulatory impact are identified and selected for in-depth analysis.Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. The assessment reviews the consultation report or explanatory memorandum attached to the proposals when they were submitted to the government for decision and the responses provided by the consulted bodies. Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft laws.

Written interministerial consultation for draft sector planning documents respects the minimum duration requirements

A sample of five draft sector policy planning documents and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft sector policy planning documents prepared during the last full calendar year. They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less sector policy planning documents being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. The assessment reviews the consultation report or explanatory memorandum attached to the proposals when they were submitted to the government for decision and the responses provided by the consulted bodies. Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft sector policy planning documents.

All affected ministries are consulted across the government on draft laws

A sample of five draft laws and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft laws prepared during the last full calendar year (draft laws approving the budget or ratifying international agreements will be excluded). They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less laws being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. The draft laws which are likely to have the most significant (substantive) regulatory impact are identified and selected for in-depth analysis. Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. The assessment reviews the consultation report or explanatory memorandum attached to the proposals when they were submitted to the government for decision and the responses provided by the consulted bodies. Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft laws.

All affected ministries are consulted across the government on draft sector planning documents

A sample of five draft sector policy planning documents and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft sector policy planning documents prepared during the last full calendar year. They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less sector policy planning documents being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. The assessment reviews the consultation report or explanatory memorandum attached to the proposals when they were submitted to the government for decision and the responses provided by the consulted bodies. Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft sector policy planning documents.

The draft laws are accompanied by relevant analysis during interministerial consultation

A sample of five draft laws and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft laws prepared during the last full calendar year (draft laws approving the budget or ratifying international agreements will be excluded). They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less laws being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. The draft laws which are likely to have the most significant (substantive) regulatory impact are identified and selected for in-depth analysis. Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. A document containing the substantiation and analysis behind the elaboration of the draft (e.g. explanatory note, regulatory impact assessment report or other documents containing clear information on the issues and questions at stake) should be part of the package submitted for interministerial consultation in addition to the draft regulation. Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft laws.

All comments provided during the interministerial consultation on draft laws are responded to and the overview of comments and responses is submitted to the government for information

A sample of five draft laws and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft laws prepared during the last full calendar year (draft laws approving the budget or ratifying international agreements will be excluded). They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less laws being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. The draft laws which are likely to have the most significant (substantive) regulatory impact are identified and selected for in-depth analysis. Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. The assessment reviews the consultation report or explanatory memorandum attached to the proposals when they were submitted to the government for decision and the responses provided by the consulted bodies. All comments provided during the interministerial consultation should be considered by the leading ministry and responded to when preparing the final policy proposal and submitted to the government (e.g. as part of the explanatory memorandum accompanying the draft proposal, the table of opinions and responses or similar). Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft laws.

All comments provided during the interministerial consultation on draft sector planning documents are responded to and the overview of comments and responses is submitted to the government for information

A sample of five draft sector policy planning documents and the relevant supporting documents are analysed to assess this criterion. The five samples are selected from the full list of all draft sector policy planning documents prepared during the last full calendar year. They should be from at least four different ministries. The examples must be approved by the government during the latest full calendar year. If fewer than five samples are available because of less sector policy planning documents being prepared during the last full calendar year, samples are completed from the current or previous years. Quality of samples is assessed against the criterion. The assessment reviews the consultation report or explanatory memorandum attached to the proposals when they were submitted to the government for decision and the responses provided by the consulted bodies. All comments provided during the interministerial consultation should be considered by the leading ministry and responded to when preparing the final policy proposal and submitted to the government (e.g. as part of the explanatory memorandum accompanying the draft proposal, the table of opinions and responses or similar). Points are allocated based on qualitative review of five draft sector policy planning documents.